I'm taking the day off of work sick, and decided that doing an LP of Enemy within sounded fun. It's probably a horrible idea and many soldiers will die, but that's X-com for you.
We'll be going Ironman Classic for this, just to make things even worse for our poor soldiers (not impossible, since I don't find that as much fun). We'll also add on a few nice Second Wave features to make things more interesting.
I also have a few tweaks to the game ini file in place. Namely, all soldiers (bar heavies) can use basic shotguns and snipers are allowed to use any of the various rifles in addition to the sniper rifle. Makes squaddie snipers much less useless. The strategic layer is also a bit different, with more UFOs showing up. Also, Satellites and successful Abduction missions have a reduced effect on the Country that happen in but lessen panic over the entire continent. Failing missions still makes it quite likely that we'll lose countries, but this means that we're less likely to lose countries just because the RNG hates us.
As usual, you're welcome to sign up for soldiers, give me recommendations on what to do at a strategic level, and bemoan our horrible fates as I try to play X-Com with a head cold.
First Order of business: Where shall we set up XCom HQ? Note that New Economy is on, so it's quite likely that whatever country with start will will have terrible income.
Name: <firstname> <preferred nickname> <lastname>
Gender: Any/Female/Male
Nationality: (If you care)
Appearance: (I have all of the DLC for XCom, so you have tons of options. I'll do my best to customize your soldier to fit.)
Preferred class: Any/Assault/Heavy/Sniper/Support (If you take a rookie, you get whatever class they roll)
Preferred weapon: (If applicable)
Preferred equipment:
Preferred tactics: (Word or phrase best describing character's behavior on a mission. You may change this as the game progresses.)
Active Players:RAM
birdy51
Erils
Worldmaster27
Powder Miner
Darkening Kaos
Yoink
darkpaladin109
Waitlist:Harry Baldman
GiglameshDespair
mastahcheese
Base StatsCredits: 185
Income: 258
Meld: 120
Engineers: 14
Scientists: 15
BarracksHere is the roster of our current soldiers
ClaimedLt. Quill 'Centurion' Arven - Assault - Mexico - Female - Will 60 - Aim 92 - Mob 14
Lt. Phillip 'Fish' Ishmael - Sniper - United States - Male - Will 84 - Aim 81 - Mob 11
Sgt. Birdvig 'Doc' Krauss - Support - Germany - Male - Will 72 - Aim 76 - Mob 14
Sq. Eris Everking - Heavy - Netherlands - Male - Will 61 - Aim 71 - Mob 13
Uisce Farraige - Assault- Ireland - Female - Will 47 - Aim 74 - Mob 14
Charles Whitman - Assault - USA- Male - Will 29 - Aim 75 - Mob 11
Darkening Kaos II - Rookie - Brazil - Female - Will 57 - Aim 60 - Mob 14
Captain Bloodbeard - Rookie - South Korea - Male - Will 59 - Aim 60 - Mob 13
Joanna Rickenbacker - Rookie - USA - Female - Will 49 - Aim 70 - Mob 14
UnclaimedRookie - Japan - Female - Will 57 - Aim 65 - Mob 11
Rookie - Iran - Male - Will 51 - Aim 60 - Mob 11
Rookie - Italy - Female - Will 31 - Aim 65 - Mob 12
Rookie - India - Female - Will 51 - Aim 60 - Mob 13
Rookie - Israel - Male - Will 59 - Aim 65 - Mob 11
MemorialSgt. Jane 'Phobos' Rickenbacker - Heavy - United Kingdom - Female - Will 56 - Aim 66 - Mob 11
Sq. Carlos Jackson - Heavy - Spain - Male - Will 54 - Aim 82 - Mob 11
Cindy Edana - Rookie - Canada - Female - Will 59 - Aim 55 - Mob 11
Darkening Kaos - Rookie - Australia - Female - Will 42 - Aim 70 - Mob 11
Sq. Cromwell Jackson - Support- Ireland - Male - Will 56 - Aim 65 - Mob 13
Sq. Dick Dippler - Support - Australian - Male - Will 58 - Aim 71 - Mob 11
Sq. Bangles Brookwater - Heavy- Australian - Male - Will 34 - Aim 65 - Mob 13
Sq. Break Man - Assault - United States - Male - Will 56 - Aim 83 - Mob 12
Sabal Mathur - Rookie - India - Male - Will 59 - Aim 70 - Mob 14
Belinda Jackson - Rookie - South Africa - Male - Will 55 - Aim 75 - Mob 11
Assault - Nigeria - Female - Will 54 - Aim 80 - Mob 13
Heavy - Japan - Male - Will 34 - Aim 70 - Mob 11
Rookie - Nigeria - Male - Will 55 - Aim 60 - Mob 13
Rookie - Norway - Male - Will 53 - Aim 70 - Mob 12
I've decided to start collecting the customization options here so people can more easily decide how they want their people to look. This will probably grow slowly.